Have you ever got one of those annoying computer-generated spam phone calls? Do you also consider it as the most annoying thing ever?
Take a look on the most annoying telephone numbers this week that has been irritating our users the most:

1. 044725543 from Wellington – New Zealand with a tellows Score of 6
2. 049244455 from Wellington – New Zealand with a tellows Score of 6
3. 0800222378 Telecom, TelstraClear and other network – New Zealand with a tellows Score of 6
4. 099769580 from Auckland – New Zealand with a tellows Score of 5
5. 043823400 from Wellington – New Zealand with a tellows Score of 4

We finally got more information about numbers that have been most wanted in NZ for the last couple of months and nobody knew who is hiding behing those numbers but now we do. Tellows user Johan provided us information about number 044725543 :

Tellows is back again with the weekly update on most wanted spam and scam callers in AU and NZ.

1. 044725543 from Wellington – New Zealand with a Tellows Score of 6
2. 049244455 from Wellington – New Zealand with a Tellows Score of 7
3. 049747222 from Wellington – New Zealand with a Tellows Score of 7
4. 0800222378 TelstraClear Tollfree – New Zealand with a Tellows Score of 8
5. 043823400 from Wellington – New Zealand with a Tellows Score of 4

Telemarketing calls are indeed an annoying thing. Sometimes we get them even when we ask them to stop, or when we are on the Do Not Call list. Even worse is when you repeatedly get calls from the numbers that hung up as soon as you answer, not even letting you ask who they are.
Tellows user Bob wrote the last comment to the number 044725543 :

Have started getting missed calls from this number today (26/02/13). They don’t call long enough for me to answer, only for a couple of seconds.

Who are these mysterious callers from Wellington ? For the couple of weeks already they are our Weekly Top 5 leaders and still nobody knows who they really are. Unbelievable !
Scammers are pretty active all over New Zealand and Australia and you are very welcome to be as active as they are and provide us more and more information on the most annoying numbers.

Don’t hesitate to share your experiences with us,
Till next week, Take Care!

We’re back with news of the week’s most unwanted, unwelcome and annoying calls.

1.044725543, from Wellington – New Zealand with a tellows Score of 6
2. 049747222, from Wellington – New Zealand with a tellows Score of 7
3. 049244455, from Wellington – New Zealand with a tellows Score of 7
4. 0800222378, from private – New Zealand with a tellows Score of 8
5. 0508121427, from TelstraClear Tollfree – New Zealand, with a tellows Score of 5

Don’t you hate getting those annoying calls on your cell phone? It’s bad enough to get calls from Telemarketers, PPI claim companies or debt collection companies, but to me it is even worse to get them from unknown callers. What do they want from me? Why are they calling?
Our 3 Top Leaders this week are numbers that are annoying our users for a months already, however the question remains – who are they?

Here we are again with our weekly update on most annoying and most wanted scam and spam calls in the AU and NZ.

1. 044725543, from Wellington – New Zealand with a tellows Score of 6
2. 049747222, from Wellington – New Zealand with a tellows Score of 7
3. 049244455, from Wellington – New Zealand with a tellows Score of 7
4. 0800222378, from private – New Zealand with a tellows Score of 8
5. 078571502, from Hamilton – New Zealand with a tellows Score of 8

The first 3 Top leaders come from Wellington – New Zealand and still nobody really knows who is hiding behind these numbers. They call you, leave no message and it is impossible to call them back. Who are they? What do they want from you?
Our user Eva reported the number 049747222 and shared her experience with us:

this number called me and hung up when i answered.
when i’m fast enough there’s nobody on the line.
I called them back and a woman with asian accent said: “Thank you for calling mycharity.com”

Anyone knows something about this?

Another Tellows-user Annon is really annoyed by the number 078571502 and he said:

what the shit! they called claiming they were telecom and asked for my name and details and all this stupid stuff then after ages when the convo ended my phone had no service!! i cannot sent texts not browse the internet on my phone!!! super fustrated!!! i will be going into telecom tomorrow to sort this out >:(

If you have any information on the above mentioned numbers share them with us! Helping us you are helping others to avoid being scammed.
Take care,
Your Tellows Team

This week’s top 5 include an unknown caller whose number has been known to us for some weeks now, but nobody knows who is hiding behind it. Unbelievable!! This guy from Wellington seem to work very hard to sustain such an high amount of attention. More and more people use tellows.co.nz to share their experience and report annoying spam and scam numbers, so we will definitely find out who is our dark horse and this week’s Top leader.
Top 5 of the Most Wanted UK callers:

1. 044725543, Wellington – New Zealand, with a Tellows Score of 6
2. 049747222, Wellington – New Zealand, with a Tellows Score of 7
3. 099769580, Auckland – New Zealand, with a Tellows Score of 5
4. 049244455, Wellington – New Zealand, with a Tellows Score of 7
5. 0800222378, private – New Zealand, with a Tellows Score of 8

Tellows-user Eva is frustrated about the call she got recently:

this number called me and hung up when i answered.
when i’m fast enough there’s nobody on the line.
I called them back and a woman with asian accent said: “Thank you for calling mycharity.com”

Anyone knows something about this?

Telephone spam and scam is still on an unprecedented height but thanks to your help our database on scam numbers is steadily growing. If you have any information on the numbers mentioned above, share it with the harassed!
Your Tellows-team

The 1st place this week goes to the number 044725543, it was searched by the tellows-Users more than 1500 times now. Even though it is the most annoying number this week, it is still unclear who is hidding behind it. Alex is sharing his bad experience with us:

-This number is calling me for 4 weeks now. When I answered, there was noone in the line. Can somebody help?

The 2nd place goes to the number 0800222378. This number was reported by the tellows-User Ruger, he warns us that:

Welcome back to the Tellows update on the most annoying spam and scam numbers of New Zealand and Australia. Here are the numbers that have been harassing you the most:

1. 0218392056 a New Zealand mobile phone number with a tellows score of 6
2. 0884239822 from Adelaide, Australia with a tellows score of 5
3. 0385239459 from Melbourne, Australia with a tellows score of 6
4. 099291108 from Auckland, New Zealand with a tellows score of 5
5. 0396319700 from Melbourne, Australia with a tellows score of 7

The 1st number is a scam via SMS, the massage say that you have won a price and requests that you send some information, better call your cell provider and see if it is legitimate like Liza Sandilands did:

„It is a scamm dont give any information I phoned Nokia myself and they confirmed there are people who are busy with a scamm. They took all the detail and will follow up „

on 2nd 3rd and 4th place wie got some silent calls, so don’t call them back if you see them on your display.

The last number ist a call centre working with different companies, user Brian say don’t waste your time:

„his is a number of a call centre doing sales calls on behalf of various companies: Quickflix, Foxtel, Dun and Bradstreet (debt collectors). I tell you, don`t waste your time, hang it up. „

We count on you in the struggle against phone spam and scam!
See you soon,
Your Tellows Team

Welcome back to the Tellows weekly update on the most annoying spam and scam numbers of New Zealand and Australia. Here are the numbers that have been harassing you the most:

1. 0800438229 Telecom, TelstraClear or other networks with a tellows score of 8
2. 063569092 from Palmerston North with a tellows score of 5
3. 0381998010 from Melbourne with a tellows score of 8
4. 0385239459 from Melbourne with a tellows score of 6
5. 02123546400 from vodafone New Zealand with a tellows score of 5

The most wanted number of this week is New Zealand’s 0800438229 which is most likely a dodgy debt collector called Baycorp sending sms from number 64210025900, advising to ring 0800438229.

Here is the latest comment on the number given by Jimbob:

Sent from number 64210025900, message says “Pls rg 0800 438229 quote ref 3138345 15669 or reply txt Call regarding an urgent matter”. If it was legitimate (and urgent), wouldn’t they call me? There is no name or clue as to who has sent the text. I can only assume that it is dodgy and no way would I reply or call the number provided.

Are you also getting calls from 063569092 on both cell phone and landline which you never manage to answer because they ring off in a second? If yes, you probably did not miss anything important. Tellows users’ comments are talking about a company with almost no public information given anywhere at all – here is what Paul wrote:

I’m getting a lot of calls from this number of late, both on landline and cell. Sadly I cannot locate much detail, apart from the fact that Millway Enterprises has been struck off. The company director in NZ was Tak Chuen Wong, and there are two listings for him / her in Palmerston North – neither with the address shown in the companies office registration though.

Australians are most likely to face a cold call from number 0381998010. Some Tellows users called the number back – here is what Scally experienced:

This number keeps calling but when I answer they hang up. They’ve called once a day for the last week. I called the number back and it was a woman who said she was from Optus then she started telling me that I’d won a free ipad or something. She just kept babbling so I hung up.

Australia’s second worst spam number 0385239459 shows the same characteristics: not only ping calls, but also it is from Melbourne. It is possible that both Australian top spam numbers belong to the same call centre.

Gilly reported:

Recieved a call from this number and when I answered they hung up. I rang back from a secure phone line and they didnt answer.

We hope we will find out more about number 02123546400 on rank 5. Despite the low number of comments it seems to be a very active number.

Welcome back to the Tellows weekly update on the most annoying spam and scam numbers of New Zealand.
And here they are:

1. 0800438229 Telecom, TelstraClear or other networks with a tellows score of 8
2. 02239859700 mobile service (2degrees) with a tellows score of 8
3. 0381998010 from Melbourne with a tellows score of 6
4. 0296123591 from Sydney with a tellows score of 5
5. 098874136 from Auckland with a tellows score of 7

This week’s absolute top spam number of all New Zealand and Australia is a very suspicious debt collection company called Baycorp.

User Thatsme reported:

Baycorp probably purchased details illegally from MSD staff who were subsequently dismissed – they harass, use deceptive tactics, and refuse to clear your credit when a debt is paid, or where no debt is proven

There’s not much to say about the numbers on rank 2 and 4 – automated silent calls only. The number on rank 5 is almost the same: used to be silent calls, but now there´s a call centre on the other end trying to sell products of a company called “design boys”.

Australia’s most annoying number is a smartphone and tablet PC telemarketing number.

The latest comment was given by user tele yesterday:

They have been calling me constantly when I was unavailable so today when I had some time off I called them back and someone called “Michael” wanting to sell me a galaxy tab + galaxy ace with 2GB of data and $500 worth of calls or something for like $49. I told him I don’t need a new phone but he was very persistant. The thing that worries me is that I am with another carrier so I don’t understand how they got my number…. and I would really like to know

Thank you for all your comments. We will bring you more news on the numbers next week.

This week’s most annoying phone number 01928752291 has been searched more than 2605 times now. We are dealing with Holdcroft Honda/Renault Contact Centre here.

For the number on rank 1 user Peet reported:

This costumer contact centre called me last week and gave me a number with which I should get discount on cars (new&used). I went there today, but the offer was only for new cars. Must be some call centre that has not much to do with the actual car garages.

Thank you for all your comments. We will bring you more news on the numbers next week.